Jon Huntsman is trying to get back into our good graces (and back on our Valentine's Day list) by saying that he thinks evolution is God's plan.
Yep, believe it or not, we cats think that's a mighty interesting remark. We have a strong Deist strain in our natures, and it makes perfect sense to us that if there's a Supreme Being (besides us felines, of course), evolution probably bought Him or Her some time — in fact, a couple of million years — to go do other things before He or She had to come back to our neck of the universe and mind the humans.
Of course, most pundits would say that Huntsman is trying to have his cake and eat it, too — attempting to appeal at the same time to whatever rational thinkers are left in the Republican Party and the crazy teabaggers who make up its base. But we don't think that the base will allow Huntsman to not take every word of the Bible literally, so the nomination will most likely still be beyond his reach.
As for us, Huntsman's right-wing positions on issues that we care about cancel any warm and fuzzy feelings we might be temped to have.
But, wait! Who needs Jon Huntsman anyway? Check out Alan Krueger, the new chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers! We cats PURR.
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